Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page v
... is the only animal that is struck with the differ- ence between what things are and what they ought to be . " The sources , then , of laughter and tears come very close to- gether . At the difference between things as they are and as ...
... is the only animal that is struck with the differ- ence between what things are and what they ought to be . " The sources , then , of laughter and tears come very close to- gether . At the difference between things as they are and as ...
Page vii
... Which might give rise to some thoughts on the paradoxical subject of dry humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to ...
... Which might give rise to some thoughts on the paradoxical subject of dry humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to ...
Page viii
... it away as “ the result of an expectation which of a sudden ends in nothing . " Some modern cynic has compiled a list of the situations on the stage which are always " humorous . " One of them , I recall , is the situation in which the ...
... it away as “ the result of an expectation which of a sudden ends in nothing . " Some modern cynic has compiled a list of the situations on the stage which are always " humorous . " One of them , I recall , is the situation in which the ...
Page xiv
... it hard to live up to what is expected of them . In short , let everybody boost good naturedly for everybody else . The toastmaster , and for that matter everyone taking part , should be carefully prepared . It may be safely said that ...
... it hard to live up to what is expected of them . In short , let everybody boost good naturedly for everybody else . The toastmaster , and for that matter everyone taking part , should be carefully prepared . It may be safely said that ...
Page xvi
... If the interpretation is ingenious , your case is already half won . Such a subject is in effect a challenge . " Now , let's see what you can make of this , " is what it implies . First get an idea ; then find something in the way of ...
... If the interpretation is ingenious , your case is already half won . Such a subject is in effect a challenge . " Now , let's see what you can make of this , " is what it implies . First get an idea ; then find something in the way of ...
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